The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1887-01-07
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song inc stars sang together in the morning,
lle was denied the intense pleasure TINT
comes 1roin success, after narrowing doubt.
ana Tears. His unfailing consciousness Of his
own worth had left him little doubt that !,
laVo'aoie answer would promptly follow
"hen he chose to propose to Rachel Bond. or
!" an "ther girl, and when this came with he
"'.'Nia'etl readiness, he could not help il, The
must Oh MS qualification at her assent the in
'f"sio'l OF the disagreeable suspicion that.
pefa'ventnre, he had not done the best with
MS personal wares that he might. Possibly
there would appear in time some other o;r'
whom he might prefer to Rachel, and Mt ali
events thtic was no necessity for his commit.
ting himself when he did, for Rachel "wouh
have kept AS Ned Burnleigh coars.,v mt #
when made the recipient of Harrys conf.
,lence
Three months of cot. tuanionsl,ip with Ned
DurnleiGh, and daily inhibition of that youn.
mans stories OF his wonderful COMMUNISTS
among young women of peerless beauty end
exalted social station confirmed this feeling.
anu led him to wish for at least such slaclcn
ing OF the be:rotllal tctllcr as would permit
excursions into charmed realm like that
where Nes, r,i.llcd supreme.
For the thou>;,nlth time-and in each re-
curiclicc becoming little clearer defined
hitl moro Gr"c!t-eane the question:
"Si,al break with Rachel. How can l:
And what possible excuse can assign for
it!'
There came no answer to this save the spur.
with which base self-love was pricking the
sides OF his intent. and he recoilel from it
ashamed OF himself, it is true. but less
asliaTed at each renewed consideration Of
the query
He fastened home that he might receive a
greeting that would efface the memory of the
reception be had met with in the street.
There, at least, he would he regarded as q
hero. returning laurel crowned from the con.
flict.
AS he entered the door his father, tall spare
and iron-gray, laid down the paper he was
reading and with noticeable lowering of tho
temperature OF his wontcd calm but earnest
cordially, said simply:
elbow do you do: When did you get in.'
"Vc'y we'll and OH tho 1880 train"
did all your company Gomez
Harry WINGED, for there was something in
his fathers manner, nlofe than his words. OK.
prcssive Of strong disapproval Hc an
swcred:
NO; WAS unwcli. The water and the OK.
rH,u!r disagreed with mo, and was allowed
to come o.: in advance
Mr.. Glen, the elder, carefully folded tho
paper he was reading a,rl laid it Oh the stand,
Us il its presence would embarrass him in
what he was about to say. He took off
his eyeglasses, wiped them deliberately,
closed then, w and hcsitatcd for moment,
holding them between the thumb and fore
finger of one hand, before placing them in
A1,.>s,~ u, H. l..,I A..
pocket with the other.
These were all gestures with which expert
c,,cc had n.at!o Harry painfully familiar. lie
used to describe them to his boy intin,ates us
"thc governor clearing for action" There
was something very disagreeable coming and
he awaited it apprehensively.
'Werc yo,l'-tlc fathers cold, searching
eyes rested for an instant on the glasses in his
hand, and then were fixed OH his scn', face
'wcro you too i'll the day Of the fight to &C.
company your commando
Harry's glance quai!cl under the rene
trating scrutiny, as was his custom when his
father subjected him to u relentless catccbsm;
then he summoned assurance to his uid, and
his face redeemed with both genuine and
assumed anger.
"Tather," he said, II certainly did not OK.
pect that you would join these meall-spiritetl
ours in their abuse of me, but now l sce
thau-"
"Hcnry, You cvade the question" The
calm eyes took OH a steely hardness "You
certainly know by this time that always no.
quire direct answers to my questions. Now
the point is this: You entered this company
to he its leader and to share all its duties with
it. It went into fight while You remained
back in camp Why was this SO! Were you
too sick to accompany it9"
n certainly was not feeling WE'LL"
"Were you too i'll to go along with your
company"
"Well-I-really-was ot-fceling-wcll,
and thele-was-some--w ork-in-camp-
that neetled-to-bc-Glone there was
enough without me--and-I-I--"
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